Example sentences of "be [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You obviously know who I am or you would n't be here . ’ |
| 2 | we 've got to act fairly quickly so can we decide in principle whether we 're going to do this or not and let them know that we either are or we are n't . |
| 3 | You either are or you 're not . |
| 4 | You either are or you are n't . |
| 5 | I mean are you learning these as they are or I mean |
| 6 | I am that I am . |
| 7 | Oh , how glad I am that I did n't die . |
| 8 | But first I want to say how sorry I am that I had to send Dawn to you instead of coming myself as I promised . |
| 9 | ‘ As sure as I am that you 'll leave New York as you arrived — empty-handed . ’ |
| 10 | May I start by saying how pleased I am that you have recognised Michael Buerk , Alistair Cooke and the Today programme team . |
| 11 | ‘ After all you 've done in the past for Rosemary and me , and are still doing , ’ he went on , ‘ I got to thinking yesterday that I could have been a sight more energetic in letting you know how delighted I am that you 're going to marry my cousin . |
| 12 | ‘ Have n't I shown you how delighted I am that you did ? |
| 13 | In fact the more I look at her the more convinced I am that she resembles one of the Yorkies . |
| 14 | Yes I am 'cause I want some . |
| 15 | I wish I had been 'cause I took CSEs at school and I got sort of fairly average grades ( 1 in music ; 2 in English ; 3 in history , general science and woodwork ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Just shows you how much more important I am than them , does n't it ? ’ she laughed . |
| 17 | For example , in the educational dimension , the aims for a child aged 3–4 are that s/he is provided with opportunities for intellectual growth and pre-school learning and is well-prepared for starting school . |
| 18 | The advantages of these are that they last much longer and cost much less to run ( the saving well outweighs the higher asking price ) ; their disadvantages are that the light they give is not quite so ‘ warm ’ and does not come on instantly . |
| 19 | Their two main disadvantages are that they can discolour with time unless an ultra-violet light stabiliser is incorporated in the plastic , and that it 's difficult to fit security devices to them ( make sure good locks are fitted as standard by the manufacturer and frames are strengthened ) . |
| 20 | Marjorie Perloff has remarked that young American academics and students have a shared culture based on having read or studied the same books : ‘ they have , by and large , taken courses that expose them to writers like Freud , Nietzsche , and Marx , whereas the odds are that they have not taken a course in , say , the lyric poetry of Goethe , the fiction of Stendhal , or the theatre of Molière . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Latest indications are that they will miss out , but it is n't impossible , ’ said a spokesman for Schroders . |
| 22 | ‘ Latest indications are that they will miss out , but it is n't impossible , ’ said a spokesman for Schroders . |
| 23 | Latest reports are that they are breeding successfully . |
| 24 | The attractions of these products are that they store well , are easily obtained and offer a high profit margin . |
| 25 | Peel told the NME : ‘ The Wedding Present 's virtues are that they make records which are direct and uncomplicated and it seems that these are now being regarded as vices in some quarters . ’ |
| 26 | Important characteristics of expert systems are that they provide advice in problem-solving based on the knowledge of experts , facilitate learning through experience and allow the use of natural language processing . |
| 27 | The problems with unwanted feelings are that they tend to hinder us in the here and now even though the feelings are often associated with past or future events . |
| 28 | The advantages of these methods are that they allow for careful preparation of material and can make use of the best teachers available . |
| 29 | The advantages of films , video-tapes and MEDIATRON programmes are that they allow the careful preparation of material which is recorded and so can be used many times . |
| 30 | If the fish are obtained from the same area the chances are that they all came from the same parents . |